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H. H. PERKINS.

HUSKINGPIN.

No.. 429,475. Patented-Jue 3.11890.

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SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 429,475, dated J' une 3; 1890.

Y Application filed April 3, 1890. Serial No. 346.458. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, HAZEN H. PERKINS, a citizen of the United States, residing at Kewanee, in the county of i Henry andSt-ate of Illinois, have inventedv a new and useful IIusking-Pin, of which the following is a speciiication.

The invention relates to improvements in husking-pins.-

The object of the present invention is to provide a husking-pin with an adjustable guard and finger strap adapted to be readily removed and replaced and capable of being quickly adjusted to various sizes of fingers.

A further object of the invention is to provide a finger guard and strapwhich will conform to the configuration of the fingers.

The invention consists in the construction and novel combination and 'arrangementof parts hereinafter fully described, illustrated in the accompanying drawings, and particularly pointed out in theclairns.

In the drawings, Figurel is a perspective view of a husking-pin constructed in accordance with this invention. v Fig-2 is a` side elevation, partly in section, the position of the lingers in the loops being illustrated in dotted lines. Fig. 3 is a perspective view, the position ofthe hand being illustrated in dotted lines. Fig. 4 is adetail view ofthe guard-strap. Fig. 5 is a similar view of the loop-strap. Fig. 6 is a side elevation, partly in section, illustrating a modification of the invention. Fig. 7 is a similar view illustrating another modification of the invention. Fig. S is a plan view of the guard-strap elnployed. Figs. 9 and IO are similar views of loop-straps. Fig. ll is a detail view of the point of the pin. Fig. 12 is a transverse sec'- tional view. Fig. 13 is a detail view of the strap that is employed in the constructions pin and has bearing against it the guard-strap 4, which is designed to form a loop to receive and protect the index-finger. -The huskiugpin'has secured to it in the rear of the curved face 5 an eyev or ring 6, that is flattened or made oblong, and the end 7 of the pin is threaded and adapted to receive a threaded sleeve 3, that has secured to it an eye 9, similar in shape to the eye 6, and the threaded sleeve 8 is capable of longitudinal movement on the end of the liusking-pin to vary the length of the pin and the size of finger-loops that are formed bya loop-strap l0, that is doubled and is secured in the eyes 6 and 9. The inner portion 11 of the strap IO is divided into two loops 12 and 13 by a sliding sleeve 14, that is arranged on the pin between the eye 6'and the threaded end and adapted to be moved longitudinally to vary the size of the loops 12'and; I3, the former of which receives the little finger and the latter is designed to receive the next two fingers..

The loop-strap l0 is provided with a buckle 15, whichas shown inFig. 1, is of the ordinary construction, but in Fig. lO consists of 775 a plate provided with a series of transverse openings or slots I6, and secured to the strap by passing one end 17 through an opening 16 and riveting it. The other end of the loopstrap IOis securedto the buckle by passing it through the transverse slots or openings 16, and the free end is arranged between the folds of the strap and is out of the way. (See Fig. 7.) By means of the buckle the loops 12 and I3 which receive the ingers can be varied independently of the sliding sleeve 14, which is provided with an eye 18 to receive the strap.

The strap IO is passed through the eyes 6, 9, and 18 and doubled on itself andbuckled, andit thereby secures to the husking-pin the guardstrap 4, which is much widerthan theloop-strap and is adapted to keep the hand from contact with the sides of the pin, and it forms a loop 19 near the front end of the pin to receive the index-finger and protect the same. The guard-strap 4 is further provided at one end with transverse openings 20, which receive the eye 6 and enable the loop 19, which receives the index-finger, to be adjusted in size,

and it is provided with similar openings 2l, 1o@

22, and 23, to receive the eyes 6, 9, and 18. The opening 22, which receives the eye of the sliding sleeve, is larger than the other opening to permit the sleeve to be readily moved and adj usted. The guard-strap et is provided near its front end with oppositely-disposed cuts or slits 24, and the cut portions 25 are lapped and riveted together and provide a concavity 26 to enable the loop 19 to conform to the conguration of the linger. The openings 23 at the rear end of the guard-strap enable the thread ed sleeve to be adjusted along the pin without bulging the guard-strap- In Fig. G I have illustrated a modilication of the invention in which the sleeve 8 is provided with a set-screw to enable it to be adjusted on the end of the pin, and in this modi- `ication I have shown the ends of the loopstrap connected together by an ordinary buckle, and the end of the strap that is provided with the buckle has secured to it a metal ring or loop 26, that receives the free end of the strap and prevents its interfering with the operators movements.

In Fig. 7 of the accompanying drawings is illustrated another modification of the invention in which the husking-pin is provided at its rear end with a knob 27 and an annular groove 28, and the loop-strap is composed of two portions or sections, the ends 29 of which are provided with openings or slotsBO to receive the knob 27. In this form of huskingpin the buckle connecting the other ends of the straps is especially advantageous, as it not only adjusts the loops, but takes up the wear of the slot and the stretching of the straps. The loop-strap may be constructed of a single piece, as illustrated in Fig. 9; but it is preferable to provide a buckle and make the strap of two pieces.

Having thus described my invention, whaty I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, 1s

l. A husking-pin provided with the guardstrap 4, 'having the adj usting-openings 20 and the opening to receive the eyes of the pin and forming the loop 19 and provided with the oppositely-disposed cut-s 24:, the cut portions 25 being lapped and forming a concavity, substantially as described.

' 2. The combination of the huskingpin having the eyes 6, 9, and 18, the guard-strap 4, having the adjusting openings 2O and forming the loop 19, and having the openings 21, 22, and 23 to receive the eyes and provided with oppositely-disposed cuts 24:, the cut portions 25 being lapped and riveted together and forminga concavity, and the loopstrap passing through the eyes of the pin and securing the guard-strap in place, substantially as described.

The combination of the husking-pin provided with the eye 6 and having its rear end 7 threaded, the threaded sleeve 8, engaging the threaded end 7 and provided with the eye 9, the sliding sleeve having the eye 18 and arranged upon the pin between the eye G and the threaded end 7, the guard-strap forming the loop 19, and provided with the concavity and having the adjusting-openings and the openings to receive the eyes, and the loop-strap passing through the openings, substantially as described.

el. The combination of the husking-pin provided With the eye 6 and the threaded end 7, the threaded sleeve engaging the threaded end and adapted to vary the length of the pin, and provided with an eye 9, the sliding sleeve having the eye 18, the guard-strap forming the loop 19, and the loop-strap provided with a buckle consisting of the plate having the transverse openings to receive the end of the strap, substantially as described.

5. In a husking-pin, the guard-strap 4, for1n in loop to receive and protect the index-iinger, said strap lying close against and partly encircling the lpin around the under side thereof, one end of the strap being doubled back and made adjustable, so as to provide the linger-receiving loop 19, as set forth.

G. In a husking-pin, the guard-strap 4, forming a loop to receive and protect the index-iinger, said strap lying close against and partly encircling the pin around the under side thereof, one end of the strap being doubled back and made adjust-able, so as to provide the finger-receiving loop 19, the latter being provided with cuts or slits 24., and the cut portions being lapped and riveted to provide the concavity 2G, as set forth.

7. A husking-pin provided with the adjustable sleeve 8 and the sliding sleeve 14, each of which is provided with an eye, as 9 18, and the independent eye 6 at the front end of the pin, combined With the strap 10, passing through the eyes 9, 18, and G and doubled underneath to provide two thicknesses to the ringer-loop strap, and having their ends connected together by a buckle, as set forth.

8. A husking-pin provided with the adjustable sleeve 8 and the sliding sleeve 121, each of which is provided with an eye, as 9 18, and the independent eye 6 at th'e front end of the pin, combined with the strap 10, passing through the eyes 9, 18, and 6 and adjustably connected with the rear end of the pin,

and then doubled underneath to provide two thicknesses to the finger-loop strap and having their ends connected together by a buckle, as set forth.

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9. In a husking-pin provided with a series and made adjustable and formed into an in- In testimony that I claim the foregoing as deX-nger-receiving loop 19, combined with my own I have hereto affixed my signature in 1o the inger-loop strap 10, passed through the presence of two Witnesses.

eyes and serving to hold the guard-strap thereon, and provided with an adjusting- HAZEN H. PERKINS. buckle, the guard-strap being Wider than the Witnesses: loop-strap and lying close to the under side LEON C. HUCKINS,

of the pin, as set forth. JOSEPH R. GAMBLE. 

